Salvatore Riina
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Salvatore "Totò" Riina was an Italian mobster and boss of the Sicilian Mafia. He is known for a ruthless murder campaign that reached a peak in the early 1990s with the assassinations of Antimafia Com
Mugshot of Totò Riina after his arrest in 1993
Stefano Bontade after he was shot to death with an AK-47 by Giuseppe Greco (23 April 1981)
The bodies of Pio La Torre and Rosario Di Salvo, murdered by the Mafia (30 April 1982)
The bodies of Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa and his wife Emanuela Setti Carraro (3 September 1982)
Giovanni Falcone
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Giovanni Falcone was an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate. From his office in the Palace of Justice in Palermo, Sicily, he spent most of his professional life trying to overthrow the power of t
Salvatore Riina
…Mafia. He is known for a ruthless murder campaign that reached a peak in the early 1990s with the assassinations of Antimafia Commission prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, resulting in widespread public outcry, legal change and a major crackdown by the authorities. He was also known by the nicknames…
Falcone in 1991
Antimafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone in a drawing
Sheets exposed in solidarity with Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino. They read: "You did not kill them: their ideas walk on our legs".
Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in March 1992. This image of the two assassinated judges, seen on posters and articles after their deaths, has since become an icon in the struggle against the Mafia.